Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: mia on June 05, 2006, 07:53:41 PM

Title: How essential are they
Post by: mia on June 05, 2006, 07:53:41 PM

Im thinking of getting hold of 3 BKP's, but im not too sure if im going to see a worthy improvement (not in regard to the BKP's, just in a change of pickups in general)

Basically, to what extent do pickups actualy improve/ effect your sound

Title: How essential are they
Post by: deg0ey on June 05, 2006, 07:58:07 PM

They help a lot...nuff said :P

Title: How essential are they
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on June 05, 2006, 08:02:02 PM

Not sure what kind of response you're expecting posting a thread like that on a pickup forum, but what the hay ...

Yes, they make a huge difference. Why else would we be spending money on it?!

Title: How essential are they
Post by: 38thBeatle on June 05, 2006, 08:08:55 PM

It is a good way of making a budget guitar a whole lot better. The stock pups on budget guitars are often suspect. I am not sure if that is what you were asking but if I said that I have now got 3 Fender guitars where the pups have been changed for BKPs I think that might answer your question.

Title: How essential are they
Post by: deg0ey on June 05, 2006, 08:26:13 PM

^ And the one you had that hadn't had its pickups changed until recently never saw action if i remember rightly, so what does THAT tell you??

Title: How essential are they
Post by: Tim on June 05, 2006, 09:49:59 PM

Other than a fresh set of strings, changing the pickups on your guitar is the single most dramatic and least expensive way of changing the tone of your guitar.